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The Café Marron Tree


From the Kew press release:

“Experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have made a historic breakthrough by producing the first ever recorded fruits of the café marron tree, giving new hope for the survival of this critically endangered plant species.”

Links:

Back from the Dead as reported by the Guardian Unlimited
Kew finds new hope for plant on brink of extinction - Kew press release
The café marron - Ramosmania rodriguesii

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 4:13 PM on December 10, 2003